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Spy Shots: Mazda2 sedan spotted in Death Valley

Amazing how $4-per-gallon gas can make us sit up and notice formerly innocuous economy cars. In all fairness, cars like the Mazda2 have always shown brightly on our radar. Sporty and stylish with a bargain-basement price tag and a fuel-sipping demeanor that will keep more of those dead presidents in our pockets, it sounds like a perfect fit. When you add in the Zoom-Zoom nature of your typical Mazda, the fun factor just shoots up to 11. We've already discussed this car a bit here at AB, and have even shown you 3- and 5-door hatches we've seen in the metal, but now we are starting to get more glimpses of the sedan version undergoing desert testing. Pictures like these from Fastlane Daily give us hope that this fun little car might finally be greenlighted for sales Stateside. The car might end up being identical to the sedan we saw in China, but all of that camo makes it hard to say for certain. Whatever we end up getting, it will probably be another fun option at the low end of the car market.

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6 Years Ago

Totally agree, hatches make much more sense for maximizing internal space. When 4 door sedans get really short, they start looking like cartoon cars, but Americans really love having a regular trunk. Just as long as they don't skimp out on the 3 and 5 door hatches here.

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6 Years Ago

I think you meant "shone", not "shown".

I agree with the other commentators. Not every hatch needs a sedan version. To wit: Suzuki SX4 and Nissan Versa sedans simply do not look as good as the hatches. They become generic and bland-looking, not to mention the fact that a hatch is way more practical and useful for stowing things than a small trunk.

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6 Years Ago

Ummm ... yourself. Obviously I realize quite well that "shone" is the pp of "shine". I'm trying to advise you that that's what you probably meant to write.

You're talking about a blip on a radar screen, or put another way, "a point of illumination", so yes, "shone" is the correct choice, because it's the past-participle of "shine". Using "shown" is really difficult to justify here, and a pretty awkward usage, if that's truly what you meant to say, but I am skeptical of that, if you say it was what you meant.